Bundesliga: cumulative turnover has been doubling for nine years

The cumulative revenues of the Bundesliga have been doubling for nine years, from €1.09 billion in 2003-04 to €2.17 billion in 2012-13. This is the progression that emerges from the 2014 annual report by Christian Seifert, CEO of the DFL (German Professional Football League), on the 28/01/2014.

The 18 clubs in the German elite division have therefore achieved an average turnover in 2012-13 of €120.5 million per club. The €2.17 billion from 2012-13 season is the ninth consecutive record year for the German championship.

TV rights incomes are the largest revenue item of the German first division (€620 million, 28.5% of the total), followed by sponsorship (€579 million, 26.7%) and then matchday revenues (€469 million, 21.6%).

"The Bundesliga is succeeding in the split between top level sports performance and economic rationality, especially compared to others in Europe," said Christian Seifert. "Thanks also to the further increases with the media contracts that take effect this season, the league is on the road to extending its position as the second-strongest-earning football league…